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No. 268,130. Patented. Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ROBERTS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR PICKLING WIRE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,130, dated November 28, 1882. Application tiled .Tune 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ROBERTS, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, in the State ot' Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Pickling Wire, ot' which the following is a specification.

The improvements relate tothe provisions for manipulating the wires in bundles, in con- The wire is formed ot' coils Aof nearly uniform diameter. This is done in the act of' drawing, each length of wire being a bundle composed of a great number of coils held together by a few turns of the same, or a different wire around the several coils, to hold them together.

I provide a number of simple reels of wood, each adapted to be stood on end and to receive the bundles of wire by their being successively 2o dropped or lowered from above. The lower portion of each reel receives fbur or other convenient numberofsuitable pins,each beingreceived 1n a corresponding radial hole. These holes are bnshed with copper, either to the whole depth of each or to a suiiicient portion of the depth to protect the hole against destruction in pulling out and inserting the pins. An eye is formed in the outer end of each pin to facilitate pulling it out. The upper end of each reel is 3o equipped for conveniently engaging a hook or other lifting device therewith, whereby the whole may be raised and lowered.

In the use ofthe invention six or other convenient number of bundles ot' wire are placed on each reel, so that they rest their` weight on the pins, which project out near the bottom of the reel. Then the whole is engaged by a connection from a crane or other suitable carrier, and is lifted and traversed over a pickle-tub After resting therein for a .-ttnuiem time the same or other lifting apparatus is brought into action to lift out the reel, with its load of wire. The wires are disengaged t'rom the reel at the close of the operation by drawing out the pins and subsequently lifting out the reel, leaving thebundles of wire resting upon each other. They may receive the necessary bath of lime-water to neutralize the remaining acid by pouring the al- 5o kali upon the wires while the latter are in the piled condition in which they are left by the removal of the reel, or in any other way. It is diflcult to draw out the pins while the weight ofthe several bundles of wire is resting thereou. The drawing out of the pins under such condition would tend to injure the points ot' the pins and the mouths of the holes. I avoid this by providing a stand, suitably formed, to support the lower-most bnndlea little higher than the pins. Spaces are provided in the stand to allow for the pins. The wires are disengagaged from the reel at the close by drawing out the pins and setting the coils of wire free.

The following is adescription of what I consider the best means ot' carrying out the iuvention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a central vertical section, and Fig. 2 a plan View, of my improved device.

Similarletters of referenceindicate like parts in both the figures.

A is the reel, which may be in a single piece, the wings or surfaces which touch the bundles of wire being ofjust the right diameter.

A is the baila cross-bar of copper extending through a sulflcient central recess in the upper end.

A2 are bushings of copper tubing tted around holes bored radially near the lower end.

D are pins, of copper, having each a head or eye at its outer end to facilitate withdrawal.

Therseveral bundles of wireare marked m.

In loading the reel it is simply set on end with the pins D in place, and the coils or bundles of wire are put on and allowed to rest ou the pins. In lifting, all are lifted together by the bail. In resting in the pickling-tub, all may stand on the bottom ofthe tub,in the same manner as 'all stood on the floor when loaded, the pickle, permeating all the interstices from within as well as without, being freely admitted by the grooves between the wings to the space between the bundles and the reel, both from V.below and above. i

The stands may be madeof wood or other material of reasonable strength which will endure the acid. I have in my experiments made the stands of cast-iron. Each is composed of a base, G, with a series of uprights, G', standing therein, of sufficient height and properly 8O at IOO arranged to support the lowerinost bundle of wire between the several pins and allow a sufcient central space for the reel, and also liberal spaces for the several pins. When the reel, with its load of wire, is lowered down upon the stand, being turned a little, if required, to bring the pins into the spaces provided for them, the uprights Gl take the entire weight of the bundles of wire off the pins D, which may then be easily withdrawn and the reel lifted out, leaving the coils resting` on the uprights G. The alkaline wash may be poured over the bundles in their regularly-piled condition on the stand G G', there being a sufficient number of the stands to allow the work to proceed andto allow aliberal time for the alkali to penetrate all the spaces; or, if preferred in any ease, the bundles of wire may, after the removal of thereehbelifted offthe stand and laid regularly or otherwiseon the tloor, or in a tank, to receive thealkali. The entire series ofhundles, with tha reel and its pins, may be lowered into a bath of alkali`,"i't`pferred. The stand supports the entire pile of bundles iirmly and truly on the stand and relieves the pins entirely, allowing thelatter to be quietly and gently drawn out and the pile of bundles to stand undisturbed, il' sopreferred, when the reel is lifted out.

Modifications may be made in the forms and proportions without saeritieing the advantages of the invention. What I have termed the reel77 (marked A) may be in various forms. Instead of filling nearly all the space within the coils of Wire it'may be of mueh smaller diameter. Iarts of the invention may be used without the others. I make a reel of iron to be used at a high temperature in the annealing and subsequent handling, and employ a stand identical with the stand G G to be used in the unloading thereof. In sueh ease the bushing A2 may be omitted; but pins iden tical withV theipins D may be used.

I claim as my invention- 1. The reel A, with its removable pins D and lifting-bail A', in combination with the stand G G', adapted to serve relatively to each other and to the series of bundles of wire my, as herein specified.

2. The pins D and bushings A2 in the reel A, arranged to serve relatively to the bundles ot' wire and to the stand G G, as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New York city, thisv 9th day of June, 1882, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Y HENRY ROBERTS.

Witnesses M. F. BOYLE, CHARLES G. STETsoN. 

